Henny Porten

The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII, whose marriage to the Henry led to momentous political and religious turmoil in England. (imdb)

Somewhere in Southern Bavaria Xaver wants to marry Gretel, but her father Kohlhiesel wants his elder daughter Liesel to marry first. The problem is, nobody wants to marry her, because she's too brutal. Seppel suggests, that he should marry Liesel first, get rid of her and then he can marry Gretel... (imdb)

A crippled mailman is in love with a maid who lives in the same building he does in one of the city's poor neighborhoods. She, however, is in love with a wealthy, handsome young man. Desperate to win her love, he begins to intercept love letters they send to each other and replaces them with his own messages, which each thinks is from the other. His plan seems to be succeeding, but then something happens that bring tragic results to them all. (imdb)

Luise is a high school principal set to be married to a factory owner. Soon after her marriage she discovers he has a violent streak which strains their relationship.

An engaged woman discovers her fiancé has a four year old son. Pretending to take a cure she travels to the boy's foster-parents to make his acquaintance. (imdb)

A stage director fights for her performers after one of them is banished from the theater.

Film version of the classic romance by Wilhelmine von Hillern (the basis of Alfredo Catalani's opera "La Wally"). (imdb)

The film "Der Kaufmann von Venedig" ( The Jew Of Mestri ) was written, produced and directed by Peter Paul Felner in the silent year of 1923 and is a free adaptation of "Merchant of Venice" written by Herr William Shakespeare. It is an elegant and expensive German film production that was shot on location in beautiful and decadent Venice with some of the most important Teutonic actors of the time: Henny Porten, Harry Liedtke und Werner Krauss and even the mysterious Max Schreck. (imdb)

By the director of Cabinet of Dr.Caligari, this is the Passion embedded in a contemporary story. An anarchist jailed for an attempted assassination is told the Passion story by the prison chaplain... (imdb)

Short film produced by Messter-Film for the Seventh War Bond drive; reissued in October 1918.

This film is a compilation of scenes from silent films made between 1905 and 1915 that sat in storage in an Amsterdam cinema for many years. The title refers to the deteriorating nitrate film stock used in these films. (imdb)

"Zuflucht" directed by Carl Froelich in the late 20's is an interesting melodrama about a revolutionary long haired man (Francis Lederer) who spent nine years in Russia where he ignored the worries that his foolish decision has caused his bourgeois family. When he finally returns to his own country, he is ragged, hungry and ill, but he meets a poor girl (Henny Porten) who takes care of him. (imdb)

Alessandra, illegitimate daughter of a count, is raised in a circus. Everyone would like her to marry Anton, a rough gamekeeper, but she escapes helped by Count Erwin. The young girl falls in love with her savior but he has no serious intentions.

A rabbi's son yearns to become an actor, against the wishes of his father.

After the sudden death of her father, Maria Brinkenhof begins to take over a stately manor house in the Sauerland. After this family property was destroyed by a fire, Maria rebuilds the farm, working hard and with high discipline and leading the area to new economic success with clear principles and justice. But one day, Jasper, his father's criminal brother, comes home to Germany from the US and wants to take over control at Brinkenhof himself.